Filed on Jun 24th 2008 in Tips & Tools
For an easy way to keep up-to-date on your favorite journals this summer, check out ticTOCs, the free journal Tables of Contents Service.
A new and improved beta version was released earlier this month, offering over 7,700 journal Tables of Contents (TOCs), collected from 72 publishers. Coverage currently favors technology subjects, but more journals are being added.
You can use ticTOCs in two...
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Filed on Jun 18th 2008 in civil eng
An interesting article appeared in yesterday's New York Times describing how the growth of computer data centers is placing engineers, especially those focusing on energy efficiency, in the spotlight. There is no letup in demand as the surging use of server computers continues to rise.
"...people with the skills to design, build and run a data center that does not endanger the...
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Filed on Jun 12th 2008 in Engineering
Despite growing up in a family where earning a living as a scientist was a foreign concept, Martin L. Perl embraced his love of reading mathematics and science books. Dr. Perl's avid reading helped him graduate summa cum laude from Polytechnic University in 1948 and later win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995. As a young student, he would borrow the maximum number of books allowed on every visit...
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Filed on Jun 10th 2008 in Staff Picks
The hazy, lazy days of summer are here. Next time you head to the beach or park for a reprieve from the heat, bring along something to read to take your mind off work. While you're probably used to finding scholarly articles or text books at the Dibner Library, did you know that we also have a selection of popular nonfiction and novels? Instead of heading to the book store, save your cash...
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Filed on Jun 04th 2008 in Science
Although electronic books have been around for decades, they have only started to be recognized as a viable option in the last few years. Currently, e-book sales are soaring, yet they remain a fraction of overall book sales. It is too early to tell whether the e-book reader Amazon launched last November, the Kindle, will gain wide spread popularity. Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, recently disclosed...
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